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Honestly, I've been on this site for a bit, (not too long, and not a n00b either) and I have seen this(') everywhere. 

Can any one tell me what it is, and if you can, how do you fix it?

It's one of the ways HTML encodes apostrophes. When going from HTML to text, this site, in some places, doesn't replace ' (and some others) with the proper symbol. You may be able to edit the source of whatever you're typing and replace the string with an actual apostrophe, but I don't know for sure if it'll let you.

That there is an HTML character reference. &uuml, for instance, creates an ü.

&#39 makes a comma.

So that's it?

Wait, no, it's an apostrophe.

But, yes, when you are using HTML to write a page, it can be difficult to use quotation marks and apostrophes without them getting executed as part of the code, so you use a character reference. Also, character references make it easy for you to use special characters, like "ü".

Ah yes, the so-called "high comma".

Shut up, we all make mistakes.

Yes, yes, we do....

Anyways, do you think this (') may have the potential to become a CYS meme of some sort?

I hope not.

wait, did you edit your reply?

Yes.

You are aware that you can edit your posts, right, as opposed to replying to them?

Oh I knew that already. I was reading your original reply and then, ' poof ' I saw it change. And i was like what the- . I just wanted to see if I was not going insane is all.

I just notice that you've been replying to your own posts a lot.

what do you mean?

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